I've never in my life met a man quite like THIS. I met Jake Harriman last night and was so impressed with him I wanted to blog about the group he co-founded and is CEO of, NURU International.(please explore the link). Here are some of his honors, none of which he mentioned to me and, if he ever read this, I know he'd be cringing that I shared it with you:
Bronze Star Medal … Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal … Combat Action Ribbon (two) … Presidential Unit Citation Meritorious Unit Commendation … Navy and Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal … National Defense Service Medal (two) Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal … Iraqi Campaign Medal … Global War On Terrorism Expeditionary Medal G lobal War On Terrorism Service Medal … Humanitarian Service Medal (two) … Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (four) Honor Graduate of Basic Officers Course (BOC) and “Gung Ho” Award – graduating 1 out of 250
That's just his commendations........there's plenty more here:
Jake earned his MBA at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in June 2008. He graduated with distinction earning a B.S. in Systems Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1998. Upon graduation, he served seven and a half years as an infantry and special operations platoon commander. During that time, he led Marines in chaotic, ever-changing environments on four operational deployments throughout the United States, the Pacific Rim, Southeast Asia, Africa, and Southwest Asia/Middle East, including two combat tours in Iraq. He was awarded the Bronze Star for actions in combat during his second tour in Iraq. Jake has international experience working throughout Southeast Asia, Southwest Asia/Middle East, Africa, Europe, North and South America, and Australia/ South Pacific. He has specific economic development and humanitarian assistance/disaster relief experience in Kenya, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and Mexico.PLEASE check out Nuru International and see if you can give them a donation...and send this to people whom you know want to help those in areas which need to be taught to DO FOR THEMSELVES, not have things GIVEN TO THEM. From my conversation last night with Jake, I gathered that this is his group's focus; HELPING OTHERS TO LEARN HOW TO HELP THEMSELVES, a concept I know you good people appreciate.
If you can't send money right now (but, I hope you can and do), please pray for Jake and his group... Judging from having talked to him, I am sure that would be very appreciated, too.
thanks so much.........Z
